Ed Whitfield: “I would just say once again that of course we want the veterans to pursue any legal remedy that they have. I know that…”

“I would just say once again that of course we want the veterans to pursue any legal remedy that they have. I know that there is an attorney in Houston by the name of Gary Pitts who is working with a lot of veterans to pursue claims in various ways. But the bottom line, as I have said before, is that the money will not be there. Let us work on real solutions to this problem. Let us get this legislation through that I have referred to. Let us take concrete action that will not raise false hopes for veterans, because we are raising false hopes here. That is my whole point. These men and women have devoted an important part of their life. Their families have suffered. Many of them continue to suffer in the Persian Gulf syndrome. Why should we raise false expectations over this particular issue? We need to be involved with real solutions to this problem.”